My father who died at 98 not so long ago remembered seeing Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show in New York City. My mother's nursemaid Ella Madison toured Europe with her Black minstrel bands in the 1870's and 1880's, and filled her head with lots of old songs.

It's kind of fun to sift through the threads of time. Maybe someone a hundred years from now will add something to this thread.

Cheerily,
Charley Noble